Intensive Care Unit Team

Specially Trained for Critical Care

The essential ingredient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at St. Charles is the men and women that are specially trained to care for the very sickest of patients in an intense environment. They’re also trained to use highly technical, state-of-the-art equipment to care for patient’s that need complex procedures and extremely close, constant monitoring.

Every patient in the ICU has a physician in charge of his or her care. Other highly specialized physicians may also be called in to consult on a patent’s condition. The most experienced team in critical care, advanced cardiac care and other specializations works constantly towards the patient’s recovery using the best in medicine, technology and compassion, including:

• Critical care pulmonologists/intensivists

• Cardiologists (heart physicians)

• Cardiothoracic surgeons (chest physicians)

• Neurosurgeons

• Pediatricians

• Hospitalists

• Gynecologists

• Anesthesiologists

• Registered critical care nurses

• Respiratory therapists

• Physical therapists

• Occupational therapists

• Lab technicians

• X-ray technicians

• EEG and EKG technicians

• Pharmacists

• Dieticians

• Social workers

• Certified Nurse Assistants

• Unit secretary